I was busy shifting my house and the magnitude of planning to vacate a house was just too much especially with my little one around getting attracted to all the items heaped in the trash. I was just wondering how few of them make it so easy. Whatever said, things had to move on and everything was getting delayed. The packers and movers were late by more than two hours after recursively calling them every half an hour and I was cursing as if I was handling the world’s toughest challenge and nothing was going my way.
Finally when they entered, it was three teenage guys and we immediately gave a piece of our mind the moment they stepped in. Calm and composed were two of them, assuring things will happen on time and one of them spoke out very politely-“Please talk to the owner. We are just part time workers not informed of any timings” and then started off with their work. I was taken aback for a moment and I bet if many of the highly placed professionals complaining of stress at work would have this attitude, life would definitely be better.
Though not great professionals at their work they went on with what little fun they could have for themselves without any frustrations. This made me wonder-oh my god, Here I am just sitting and getting restless and irritable, when someone else is packing my stuff doing with outmost care”.
After few hours of work, I came to know they were all final year engineering students doing this as part time job with their college reopening the next day. When asked, they told me they are paid 200 rupees per day for this tedious work. Had I been in this place, I am sure I would have felt the most unfortunate person struggling even for education. To add on, I would be cribbing on how to repay the loan for my studies earning this way?I could not stop relating the confidence and attitude of these guys compared to the demands of the children we are struggling to fulfill .
This made me relate to an article recently read wherein a person perfectly dressed for an interview got his dress spoiled by a crow that passed his head upon which he commented- Thank God, cows don’t fly”!
Well, I now feel it is more than a “just for laugh “column.
Finally when they entered, it was three teenage guys and we immediately gave a piece of our mind the moment they stepped in. Calm and composed were two of them, assuring things will happen on time and one of them spoke out very politely-“Please talk to the owner. We are just part time workers not informed of any timings” and then started off with their work. I was taken aback for a moment and I bet if many of the highly placed professionals complaining of stress at work would have this attitude, life would definitely be better.
Though not great professionals at their work they went on with what little fun they could have for themselves without any frustrations. This made me wonder-oh my god, Here I am just sitting and getting restless and irritable, when someone else is packing my stuff doing with outmost care”.
After few hours of work, I came to know they were all final year engineering students doing this as part time job with their college reopening the next day. When asked, they told me they are paid 200 rupees per day for this tedious work. Had I been in this place, I am sure I would have felt the most unfortunate person struggling even for education. To add on, I would be cribbing on how to repay the loan for my studies earning this way?I could not stop relating the confidence and attitude of these guys compared to the demands of the children we are struggling to fulfill .
This made me relate to an article recently read wherein a person perfectly dressed for an interview got his dress spoiled by a crow that passed his head upon which he commented- Thank God, cows don’t fly”!
Well, I now feel it is more than a “just for laugh “column.
